China Open: Sindhu, Kidambi cruise into quarterfinals

Ace Indian shuttlers Kidambi Srikanth and PV Sindhu emerged victorious to reach the quarterfinals of the ongoing China Open badminton tournament on Thursday.

Srikanth made a came back from a game down to defeat Tommy Sugiarto of Indonesia 10-21, 21-9, 21-9, while Sindhu hardly broke a sweat and eased to a 21-12, 21-15 win over Busanan Ongbamrungphan of Thailand.

In men’s singles, Srikanth couldn’t find a rhythm in the first game and handed an easy advantage to his Indonesian counterpart 10-21. As the game entered into the tight second game, the match turned in favour of Srikanth as he dominated the exchanges and went onto dispose of his opponent 21-9 to take the match to the deciding round.